Yee sang - prosperity salad

This is a colourful salad served during the 15 days of Chinese New Year where all the diners will toss the salad as high as possible amidst lots of laughter and sayings like 'lo hei' for luck and prosperity! Yee Sang is served mainly in Malaysia and Singapore.

Salad

½ medium	Daikon, finely grated
1 medium	Carrot, finely grated
3 pieces	Cabbages, finely cut (Main)
½ medium	Cucumbers, finely grated
1 large	Red pepper, finely sliced
200 g	Seaweed salad (Main)
5 pieces	Pickled onions, finely sliced
3 pieces	Gerkin, finely julienned
1 stalk	Spring onion, finely sliced
1 stalk	Coriander
1 Tbsp	Pickled ginger, finely julienned
400 g	Salmon, thinly sliced (Main)

Seasonings

1 tsp	Ground pepper
1 tsp	Salt
1 tsp	Chinese five spice

Toppings

1 cup	Roasted peanuts, chopped
½ cup	Toasted sesame seeds
1 packet	Crispy noodles, crispy sesame biscuits
1 bottle	Plum sauce
2 Tbsp	Honey
1 Tbsp	Sesame paste
1 large	Lemon
½ cup	Vegetable oil
2 tsp	Sesame oil

Directions

1. Shred each vegetable into very fine shreds, squeeze dry each type separately, and arrange on a very large platter.
2. Arrange thin slices of salmon and when ready to eat squeeze lemon juice to cure for a minute.
3. To make the sauce, heat the plum sauce, honey and sesame paste together. When ready to eat, thin sauce down with some lemon juice.
4. Place seasonings in an ang pow envelope. Mix oils together in a small bowl.
5. When everyone is ready to eat, layer the salad with crispy noodles/biscuits, ground peanuts, sesame seeds, cured salmon, sprinkle over the seasonings, oils and sauce. All diners will then use their chopsticks and toss/mix the Yee Sang and eat immediately.